The Nuggets are trading third-year wing Hunter Tyson and a 2032 second-round pick to Brooklyn for a 2026 second-round pick, a league source told The Denver Post.
The pick coming back to Denver will be the least favorable of the Clippers’ and Hawks’ second-rounders this year. For now, the trade essentially functions as a salary dump for the Nuggets, who cleared a roster spot and ducked the luxury tax by offloading Tyson’s $2.2 million cap hit. With two roster spots open now, their ideal outcome is to go into the playoffs with all 15 spots filled if they’re able to stay under the tax while adding two players, a league source told The Post.